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Starcraft 2 to be three games, internet to explode
Alex C:
I'll never understand why people are so hung up on Ghost. For one thing, we don't know if the game would have turned out well. Most indicators are that it wouldn't have or else they probably would have stuck with it. The fact that other companies have successfully followed the 3rd person stealth blue print to success doesn't mean that Blizzard would have. It's not an area they had real experience with and Nihilistic Software apparently wasn't doing any better. Keep in mind that Nihilistic's big release up until that point was an ambitious but ultimately shitty game set in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. There were some experienced developers involved in it, to be sure, but they were still a relatively new operation and isn't exactly unheard of for people to fail to keep their shit together after transitioning to a different work environment or taking on new responsibilities. Really, all we can know for sure is that Blizzard has some egg on their face thanks to picking the wrong pony to bet on. It happens.
Orbert:
That's the thing. We don't know exactly why Blizzard dropped/shelfed the Starcraft: Ghost project, but I would bet that it was not because they spent a bunch of time and money to develop it, and then suddenly said "Oh that's right, we don't like this kind of game. We only like these other kinds." They're a business, and if you're in a business, you only have a few good reasons for abandoning a project. One is that it is clearly turning out badly, and no amount of reworking of things is going to save it and make it worth putting more resources into, so you cut your losses. Another is that the market has changed and you now find yourself sinking money into something that won't make your money back, so you cut your losses.
Blizzard had a huge reorganization/buyout/whatever some years back. Wasn't Ghost basically one of the casualties of that?
ackblom12:
Mainly I was excited to see Blizzard try something a bit different out. It getting dropped was kind of my last bit of hope of continuing to enjoy Blizzard in general. Diablo III still looks good, but I lost interest in Starcraft and Warcraft years ago. It's a little sad when I quite honestly keep seeing Starcraft II info and don't even have the tiniest bit of interest in it when I loved Starcraft.
Dimmukane:
Yeah, I feel the same way. Diablo 3 looks like I might actually enjoy it, but I could give two shits about the Starcraft/Warcraft franchises.
ArcAirbender:
--- Quote from: Orbert on 26 Aug 2009, 10:15 ---...and no amount of reworking of things is going to save it and make it worth putting more resources into, so you cut your losses.
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So you never played Team Fortress 2 with commentaries, did you?
No one is beyond redemption, it just that it takes time and hard work, y'know?
--- Quote from: ackblom12 on 26 Aug 2009, 10:22 ---... I lost interest in Starcraft and Warcraft years ago.
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